Expert Analysis

What To Know About Ill. Employment Law Changes

Illinois employers should review their policies in light of a number of recent changes to state employment law, in... (more story)

Basics Of Collective Bargaining Law In Principle And Practice

Rebecca Bernhard and Jennifer Service at Barnes & Thornburg discuss the nuts and bolts of what the National Labor ... (more story)

Mich. Whistleblower Ruling Expands Retaliation Remedies

The Michigan Supreme Court's recent Occupational Health and Safety Act decision in Stegall v. Resource Technology ... (more story)

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Gas Co.'s Raise Snub Was Union-Linked, NLRB Majority Says

A gas supplier violated federal labor law when it withheld raises from a group of pro-union workers in Southern California, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, upholding an agency judge's decision over o... (more story)

3rd Circ. Curious When Workplace Acts Become 'Concerted'

Third Circuit judges pressed the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday to specify what elevated a Pennsylvania plastic company employee's complaints about working during COVID-19 closures into protected, ... (more story)

Starbucks is challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s order to compensate two unionizing workers who were fired. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via AP)
3rd Circ. Digs Into NLRB's Power To Punish Starbucks

A Third Circuit panel on Wednesday struggled to find agreement between Starbucks Corp. and the National Labor Relations Board on the scope of the agency's power to penalize companies for violating employees' r... (more story)

Airline Sinks Bias Suit From Worker Fired Over Drug Test

A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed a race and disability bias suit from an American Airlines worker who said she was fired over a positive drug test triggered by her ADHD medication, ruling she hadn't present... (more story)

Starbucks Illegally Subpoenaed Union Info, NLRB Judge Says

Starbucks violated federal labor law by issuing subpoenas seeking communications between workers and the union linked to an organizing effort at a Long Island store, a National Labor Relations Board judge rule... (more story)

Teamsters Unit Escapes Hospital Worker's Wage Suit

A Massachusetts federal judge tossed a hospital worker's claims that a Teamsters unit failed to properly represent her when she didn't receive as big a pay bump under a new collective bargaining agreement as e... (more story)

NLRB New York Office Seeks Bargaining Order At Trader Joe's

Prosecutors from the National Labor Relations Board's New York City office have issued a complaint against Trader Joe's, seeking a board order that would compel the grocery store chain to bargain with a union ... (more story)

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Philly Legal Org Fights Attorney's Race Bias Claims

The Defender Association of Philadelphia says a Black former public defender has no basis for racial bias allegations stemming from her allegedly discriminatory firing, arguing that her claims were investigate... (more story)

Logistics Co. Can't Avoid Ex-Worker's Suit Over Racist Threat

A logistics company must face a Black former employee's suit alleging it failed to prevent a white co-worker who displayed a Confederate flag on his phone from subjecting him to a racist threat, a Pennsylvania... (more story)

Verizon Maryland and the EEOC have reached a deal to resolve the agency's suit alleging the company refused to accommodate a worker's hypertension. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Verizon Maryland, EEOC Resolve Hypertension Bias Suit

Verizon's Maryland arm has agreed to pay $115,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it refused to let an employee transfer to a job that wouldn't aggravate his hypertension... (more story)

NY Knicks Owner Escapes Federal Sex Trafficking Claims

A California federal judge has dismissed sexual assault and trafficking claims against New York Knicks owner James Dolan, casting a hired massage therapist's accusations against him as "speculative" but leavin... (more story)

Senate Panel Backs Bill Easing Pot Rules For Federal Hires

A Democrat-backed bill that would curb federal agencies' ability to use past medical or recreational cannabis use as a factor in hiring and security clearance decisions was advanced out of a Senate committee W... (more story)

EEOC Nabs $85K For Ex-Walmart Worker Who Needed Leave

Walmart has agreed to pay a former sales associate $85,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the retail giant fired her when she requested medical leave to treat her Crohn... (more story)

Mass. Appeals Court Backs Pot Shop's Arbitration Agreement

A Massachusetts medical marijuana dispensary can enforce an arbitration clause in its employment agreement even when it did not specify the rights a worker was waiving, an intermediate state appellate court has said.

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Cleaning Co., H-2B Workers Nab Final OK For $400K Deal

A Colorado federal judge granted final approval Thursday to a $400,000 settlement that resolves claims from migrant housekeepers who accused a cleaning contractor of committing a variety of wage and visa law v... (more story)

Freight Delivery Co. Inks $4M Deal In Truck Drivers' Wage Suit

Long-haul freight delivery company CRST will shell out about $4 million to settle a suit by truck drivers accusing the company of not paying them their full wages and failing to provide breaks, after a Califor... (more story)

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the state's new minimum wage of $12.48 will go into effect in February. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Mich. Justices Continue To Fight Over Minimum Wage Ruling

Michigan's minimum wage will rise to $12.48 an hour in February, the state Supreme Court confirmed Wednesday in an order that settled a debate over how to calculate the new wage floor, but rehashed internal di... (more story)

Universal Studios Skimped On Workers' Pay, Suit Says

Universal Studios Hollywood shorted nonexempt employees on all wages owed to them by failing to pay them for necessary pre- and post-shift tasks, and neglected to provide workers with adequate meal and rest pe... (more story)

NCAA Must Give Up Control To Reach Suitable NIL Settlement

The date set by a California federal judge for the NCAA and the athletes suing it over name, image and likeness compensation to iron out issues with their proposed $2.78 billion settlement is fast approaching,... (more story)

DOL Points To 5th Circ. Ruling To Save Contractor Wage Hike

A recent Fifth Circuit decision ruling that the U.S. Department of Labor could raise salary levels for overtime-exempt workers clarifies that the major questions doctrine should stay out of a case challenging ... (more story)

Thermo Fisher Late To Pay Departing Workers, Engineer Says

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and a subsidiary failed to promptly pay all final wages and unused vacation time to departing employees and must now cough up three times the amount of that compensation because o... (more story)